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GREENVILLE, N.C. (WITN) – Every minute counts when it comes to searching for a missing child.

In 2016, the North Carolina Department of Public Safety says Amber Alerts were issued for 10 children in our state. Luckily, all of those children were found.

Experts say those types of success stories are thanks to the hard work, quick thinking, and collaboration between authorities and citizens.

According to ECU’s criminal justice chair, Dr. William Bloss, after 72 hours of searching, it is less likely authorities will find a missing child safe.

Bloss explains the Amber Alert system helps recover children quicker because the alerts create a collaboration between the public and authorities, where citizens can be on the lookout and give officials valuable information.

He also says that it is pretty standard for FBI agents to help in these investigations because authorities know they need

“At first glance, it looks like it has merit, but it’s nonsense,” he says, noting that at least SIX people (including Steven Avery) had access to that shared computer.

“Which of those people used or viewed those images? It would be impossible to come up with that information,” he concludes.

New forensic testing has also been put forward, questioning the amount of DNA the crime lab alleges Avery left on Teresa’s SUV. Kathleen Zellner claims to have conducted an experiment that disproves this, although Ken remains unconvinced. “Did [Kathleen’s] experiment replicate the conditions at the time? I doubt it,” he says.

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“At first glance, it looks like it has merit, but it’s nonsense,” he says, noting that at least SIX people (including Steven Avery) had access to that shared computer.

“Which of those people used or viewed those images? It would be impossible to come up with that information,” he concludes.

New forensic testing has also been put forward, questioning the amount of DNA the crime lab alleges Avery left on Teresa’s SUV. Kathleen Zellner claims to have conducted an experiment that disproves this, although Ken remains unconvinced. “Did [Kathleen’s] experiment replicate the conditions at the time? I doubt it,” he says.

For all the latest details on the Steven Avery case, pick up the latest issue of OK, on sale now!

Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D. center, speaks at a panel discussion on sex trafficking at the UND Law School Friday. Staca Shehan of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children is at left and Tom Brusegaard of the office Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., is at right.

Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D. center, speaks at a panel discussion on sex trafficking at the UND Law School Friday. Staca Shehan of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children is at left and Tom Brusegaard of the office Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., is at right.

The panel, moderated by former National Center for Missing and Exploited Children President John Clark, gave law students and members of the public an idea of the scope of child trafficking and offered potential solutions.

“I think it is critically important that this not just be a social worker’s problem, a cop’s problem, a legislator’s problem, that this be all of our problem because these are all of our kids,” Heitkamp said.

The panel, moderated by former National Center for Missing and Exploited Children President John Clark, gave law students and members of the public an idea of the scope of child trafficking and offered potential solutions.

“I think it is critically important that this not just be a social worker’s problem, a cop’s problem, a legislator’s problem, that this be all of our problem because these are all of our kids,” Heitkamp said.

The panel, moderated by former National Center for Missing and Exploited Children President John Clark, gave law students and members of the public an idea of the scope of child trafficking and offered potential solutions.

“I think it is critically important that this not just be a social worker’s problem, a cop’s problem, a legislator’s problem, that this be all of our problem because these are all of our kids,” Heitkamp said.

(Seychelles News Agency) – South African police experts who are in Seychelles to assist with the search for a missing man are also assisting the local police in the case a second missing man, a top police official said on Monday.

Seychellois Gonzague Zoe, 46, residing at La Louise in the central Mahe district of Plaisance, was reported missing after leaving his house on Friday, August 18. He was reported missing to the police at 3.20 p.m. on Saturday, August 19.

According to the police, the two South African handlers of search and rescue dogs — Warrant Officers VanRooyen and VanNiekerk — are assisting with the search. A third expert who had been in Seychelles, Brigadier Leonie Ras, a specialist in crime investigation, missing persons and forensics, has already left the archipelago in the western Indian Ocean.